{mom, baby Jesus again!}

With 3 kids all age 4 and under, it is hard to get quality time alone with them. And, my certain little boy would rather spend his time with his daddy. Well, who could blame him, I would too!

I had him alone in the car yesterday while running some errands and he randomly asks me to sing "baby Jesus". Hearing him say baby Jesus isn't out of the norm, but the song request was because I had NO idea what he was talking about. I asked him to sing a little bit for me and it was at the point that my heart melted and I lost all focus on what we were doing (or where we were supposed to be!) :) To hear your 2 year old boy sing Jesus Loves Me is quite frankly the sweetest thing espcially when I usually hear him say things like "poopy diaper, mom you have a poopy diaper!" I realize that I rarely "hear" him say or sing anything because he is constantly having to compete with older sister who is VERY outspoken and loves to sing!

So, it was a sweet, nice change on so many levels! :)

Picture from Paige's birthday party. She wouldn't pose for me so Brady did. :)

{moments like these}

It is days like today when being a parent feels more like a job and not a fun one. Paige had a couple of cavities that needed filled. This was her second trip in because they wanted to do them in 2 visits - bottom first then top. Things went AWESOME on her first visit. Things went SOUTH on her second visit. We started out good, calm and relaxed and then it spiraled out of control. She got mad because her mouth was numb and there was no settling her down. Dr. R (which is wonderful!) asked me if I wanted him to continue because she was going to scream the entire time - not a hurt scream but an angry one! I said, go ahead, the screaming won't bother me because she will not come back to do this again! I listened to her scream and cry from the lobby. And I am just glad there weren't a lot of young children present! :) As this cutie pie's mom, I knew she would be fine and would be her normal self very soon after she was done. And she was - ready to go home, get some food and watch Toy Story with dad.

And yes, we take the Ipad everywhere!! :)

{Impact}

Nana and I took Carter, Paige and Brady to see Team Impact at Bentonville FBC. The kids enjoyed it and I cringed most of the time. Wow!

{Perspective}

You should always have that someone in your life that puts things in perspective for you. When life gets complicated, when you get exhausted, when you get down, when you think you are failing in ALL parts of your life. You need a mentor that has been there, done that and can now tell you from the other side what is truly important and you believe them for the walk that they have been on. Here was the turning point for me yesterday (and I am recording this as a reminder to me!) text message I received.... "You are not whining! It's big stuff. Perspective! Here is some for you! You can't do everything! I know you know that. But your kids need you right now. They won't always need you like they do right now! Stay in the game with them!" Why the pic you say - well, no post is worth reading without a picture and I LOVE this one!

Here's hoping you find perspective today! :)

Thanks MOM!

{dreaming}

Wishin' I was...

Knee deep in the water somewhere

got the blue sky, breeze and it don't seem fair

the only worry in the world

is the tide gonna reach my chair.

Note - pics of Paige from 9/2007. Boy how time flies!

{this sweet thing}

This sweet thing and her mommy are very tired because she has another ear infection (this makes number 4) and also a ruptured ear drum. Poor baby!

{happy Friday}

We ventured over to Fun City this morning to meet some of our friends for some crazy play (aka wear the kids out and then rush home for naps!). Have a great weekend!

Bailey, Kennedy and Brady in the ice cream truck. I am not kidding when I say they put around 15 tokens in this machine. It was still going when we left!

No pictures of Paige and Carter, I think they were running around putting tokens in machines and then not finishing the games....just assuming. :) And Molly was there too, but she wanted no pictures taken of her.